MSFS 2024 - How Career Mode Works

[@TheJPinder]

i can't wait to get home from work and jump into my second career that I don't get paid for.

[@BluGames]

Haha right!

[@PolarBear-p5i]

You do get paid, Flight sim credits! Even better than real money 😅

[@lucasD9110]

Oh they pay you, it's just not transferable to the real world😂

[@mattpenix8438]

This and every other game. Its like in high school when every teacher thought their homework was the only one kids had to do. So every teacher expected all your time, as if you had no other classes whose teacher thought the same thing. Feel like thats what gaming is like - each game is your 6th grade teacher. Loads of homework despite other games playing Feel like that is this game - and many others

[@mattpenix8438]

This and every other game. Its like in high school when every teacher thought their homework was the only one kids had to do. So every teacher expected all your time, as if you had no other classes whose teacher thought the same thing. Feel like thats what gaming is like - each game is your 6th grade teacher. Loads of homework despite other games playing Feel like that is this game - and many others

[@GraylightSynes]

I'm one of the people who's really excited about the progression in Career Mode. I don't know why people are so against it. Progression and unlocks are good for players wanting a sense of achievement.

[@BluGames]

Yea you are right i think it will be fun. But some people are old school lol

[@foxtrot2134]

i've been umm'in and ahh'ing over getting 2020 for so long because while i like freedom, having even just a small amount of direction within that freedom keeps me interested longer. then i found out that 2024 has a career mode and actual activities to do so i decided just to get 2024 instead.

[@drupiROM]

@@foxtrot2134 DCS is good and all, but after i finish a campaign, i am left with nothing much to do, as i don't play multiplayer. This Career mode sounds like what i would want in a flight sim.

[@spacemonkey4252]

I'm with you, luv the idea of career mode, 2020 is amazing but need more stuff to do!

[@jimlthor]

I dont get it. If they don't wanna level up, they can just fly the planes without playing career

[@-Markus-]

This is exactly why im jumping into MSFS for the first time! Ive always wanted a sort of career, climbing through the licenses and such, i love that!

[@fricky172]

FS2004 and FSX had much better training lessons and virtual checkrides for the different levels.

[@MrShroominkid]

There's been payware that allows you to do this in flight simulator for years now. Which allowed multi-player abilities. The fact that career isn't multi-player is kind of a shame but we can't get everything we want at once. Im.hoping you can edit your terminal and airport in career mode. It would be an absolute shame if they didn't have a hard mode to where you HAVE to take off and land at your arrival/ destination airport every time. The fact you can fly missions anywhere right away with your aircraft seems unrealistic

[@Spybee007]

I see some people crying about having to level up. Leveling up is the fun part. The instant gratification crowd reminds me of toddlers who want everything right now.

[@smokingspitfire1197]

Its optional anyway, they can go get instant gratification elsewhere in the same game. They want everything right now and for others who want to play a career mode not to have it!

[@after_midnight9592]

They still can in free flight.

[@Frank71]

The leveling up reminds me of massively multiplayer role playing games in a persistent dynamic in game world. Grinding in a MMORPG game. Your CFI or NPC will give you a FAA practical test objective as a quest. Like ground tracking maneuver, another quest would perform a power off stall in cessna 172... Just your not slaying dragons 🐉, but flying your cessna 172 in circles, correcting for the wind.

[@paulofranca77]

Just don’t play carreer mode then … it’s optional for gods sake

[@beesmongeese2978]

Yeah, people are fighting over a multiple gigabyte package of pure pleasure, wtf do these guys have a job? Life is so much worse than the bliss of flight simming ​@paulofranca77

[@Livonia_Livin]

I absolutely love that they've added progression and in sim currency!

[@peterprow6093]

I was wanting to hate on this, but it sounds a lot better than I imagined it. Like the generation of missions

[@TrueBlade-1889]

It won't... it's just a jazzed up bunch of missions / activities.

[@garethhughes5745]

why would anyone want to hate on anything? hate is a strong word, remember WW2?

[@RhysIvanMusic]

Would be cool if they could reproduce fires outside of career mode based on live satellite data for wildfires, which shouldn't be too hard to access. Maybe support for that won't be there on day 1 but that in particular is such a huge part of live weather in the summer out west that it seems like a missed opportunity if fires aren't included outside of career mode

[@inglewoodwhb]

Agreed. During one of my solo xc flights for my private, there was smoke from forest fires that turned out to cause visibility to be reduced much more than was reported. As a low time, solo student, I had to make a nervous decision to turn back and navigate my flight plan in reverse. Stuff like that would really up the immersion

[@D25Bev]

They've spoken about it, same for tornado's, volcano's etc. They basically said that if they can get hold of the needed data channels, they'll do it.

[@foxtrot2134]

yeah, that would be cool.

[@westonhood2981]

lol just reading this AFTER launch this is funny as fuck. From all the bugs present its going to take a year before career mode is fully functional between crashing and missions for certain planes not even existing. It would be like 5 years to even consider what you suggested.

[@IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-q1b]

I'm an army trained helicopter driver and I've been with MSFS since the beginning, when I had a Packard Bell 100MHZ with a few MB's of RAM and dialup desktop computer. And all I can say is DANM!! They have come a long long way!!

[@BluGames]

A looooooong way

[@garethhughes5745]

This career mode has just made this flight sim absolutely epic, I cant wait. Thanks for covering all the aspects of it!

[@balldude8573]

I wish my commercial check ride just consisted of me flying the pattern I’d be a lot less stressed out right now😂

[@BluGames]

Hahaha

[@fricky172]

Right!? Private test is a traffic pattern?! No, that's first solo stuff right there. What is this, a joke like a driver's license? Not even any maneuvers! No steep turns, no stalls, no ground reference maneuvers. Even FSX had steep turns during the test. And "commercial license" before night or IFR. Well, at least I'm sure the helicopter side will challenge me more.

[@OSUFlyGuy]

Thanks for answering all the questions I had about career mode. You make some of the best FS content out there. Cheers

[@BluGames]

I really appreciate that

[@manoslogothetis4247]

Multi-crew. WE NEEEEED IT! Guess it will surely be implemented at least in the next version of MSFS.

[@jasonjada2259]

No he said it will be added later on in 2024s lifecycle😊

[@shotgunbadger]

Incredibly excited for this, a lack of 'goals' and progression (and the space issue...) is one of the big things that made me bounce off 2020 despite really liking it.

[@mdhazeldine]

Wow, this is much more in-depth than I imagined. Especially the owning your own company part. Can you have more than 1 career path and switch between them? I would love to see more detail on the airline career part. Hopefully you'll do a video on how that works? Also I'm really curious to see what deal is with passengers, ground vehicles/crew and co-pilots. How do all those things work and interact? Is there still a point to addons like GSX, Navigraph and FS2Crew? Is there a reason to still have airline career/tracking addons like NeoFly, Volanta etc.?

[@MikeJw-je4xk]

I'm sure you can get licenses for multiple paths.

[@docholliday1811]

Great video with some really good information. Sounds great, and thank you, BG.

[@theraven214]

Great info, thanks! My only immediate career question is: Once you have your own company, can you hire AI pilots and schedule AI flights and such?

[@MikeJw-je4xk]

Great question. And earn money from AI pilots since you own the company. Hello dollar bills (or whatever they call the currency).

[@malkuth1974]

Well I hope so, but since he did not mention it... I don't know. But its not a deal breaker. But it would make sense to have AI pilots because the chances of you making it all the way up to buying A320s.... Seems like a far stretch to me all on your lonesome. If they don't have it, lets hope it can be added. Looks like OnAIr Company devs are going to have to find a way to sneak into this system and make it better if they want to survive.

[@juanwhick1691]

Yall do realize career is just a mode? Like activities? We don’t have to get these licenses to do what we’ve been doing. We can still do our full flights the way we’ve been doing it. It’s optional idk why everyone’s crying about “so I have to wait and get a license now before I can fly my plane wtf”

[@seibstershots9527]

I am going to do both, but career mode really sounds cool. This game is a much needed upgrade between weather, terrain, and missions

[@Hugo5t1gl1tz]

Well, I don't like that missions are locked behind it. You should be able to do free flight missions without having to level up that don't have any effect on your career path.

[@AlexandruCarjan]

You do realize the fire fighting crop dusting, cargo and others are locked to the career mode???? You won't be able to do them in free flight, that is why everyone is upset

[@MikeJw-je4xk]

@@Hugo5t1gl1tz Hopefully, they eventually loosen that up. I agree it would be great to be able to do rescue missions for example outside of career mode.

[@juanwhick1691]

@@AlexandruCarjan​​⁠I’m sure someone will come out with a mod to allow it. It opens possibilities for 3rd party devs trust me it’ll happen.

[@FlightSimCFI]

I hope they allow 3rd party planes to be used in career mode. Medavac in the FlysimWare Learjet, firefighting in the AzurePoly bronco, and cargo hops in the Bsquare Duke would be awesome

[@elpiloto100]

Imagine someone taking a B-52 to do fire fighting mission...

[@johnc1065]

@@elpiloto100 Or an A380

[@Razor48X]

@@johnc1065a380 makes no sense, the b52 is a bomber and has a bomb bay

[@jakemensik2842]

Probably not. But developers and simmers will likely have access to the mission creator and they could likely create their own missions to use with their products.

[@D25Bev]

They said today that it will be possible. The 3rd party devs just need to comply with a few constraints of the mission & add whatever features/equipment that mind be needed.

[@noob.168]

People should stop complaining about grinding. It's the whole point of any career mode in any game. The NBA 2K MyCareer, for example, has become too easy. 1-1.5 seasons and you go from worst benchwarmer to superstar.

[@BigDaddyStev-O]

holy crap i cant wait, when i heard there was going to be a new game i figured they wouldnt go backwards but i wasnt sure how a "career mode" would work but this video really helped me understand that i had nothing to worry about. i was worried that the new game was not going to be the same level of literal open world as the last one when it came to missions, but seemingly that is not the case. my one issue still though is that i intentionally plan on staying around where i am from irl which is a very rural area, and our "airport" is very small and i just cant picture how career mode might look. (i almost exclusively stayed in my home state around my stomping grounds in FS2020 and only occasionally explored other parts of our world) i do live where there are plenty of acres of farmland. i even have a few acres myself and i wonder if the game might even give me a job spraying my own or my friends and neighbor's farms. lol

[@Adamm0896]

As someone who's played the franchise for almost 20 years, this is SUCH a breath of fresh air for the franchise, and opens the door for so many opportunities in not only this sim, but future sims to follow. I thought I wouldn't like career mode at first, and now I literally can't put it down. Absolutely love it!

[@nichols1969]

This sounds awesome. I've been asking for this for years!

[@Dorimeme187]

Now imagine a combat flight simulator with a career campaign/story mode like with with all the current-gen aircraft like F-15s, F-16s, F/A-18s, F-22s, F-35s, Mirage 2000s, Rafales, Gripens & Typhoons!

[@jakemensik2842]

DCS

[@Dorimeme187]

@@jakemensik2842 nah, can’t customize your avatar in DCS not walk around your aircraft, can you? it does not cover the whole planet too.

[@bustabusts]

No and Ms 2024 does not have that.

[@nosalis]

this is what i'm really looking forward to! will be interesting how it will work The helicopter rescue missions look really fun, but I always found the helicoptres quite tricky to land haha

[@BluGames]

Its very tricky to land! Lol so we will Need practice

[@spaghetti9845]

this is exactly the info I wanted to know. I was worried the missions would be static like the landing challenges.. once you did it no reason to do it again.

[@emojack]

Love the idea - but it would be so much more exciting to do it in coop with a group of friends as a aviation company with shared recourses and planes

[@Freezi-rtx]

The fact you can choose anywhere to start is mind blowing.

[@sammy61187]

This looks incredible. I seriously can't wait to dig into this

[@johantt2591]

Sounds good, and I agree thay co-op missions would be a great addition, maybe it will come down the line. But a question - will it be possible to have more than one career? I share the simflight hobby with my son, but he is more into commercial passenger flights, while I might prefer the missions like rescue/firefighting and helicopters. Could we have completely seperated careers with our own progression within the simulator?

[@jameneto]

Very well explained, thank you so much. Now I feel like engaging this Career Mode and see how far can I get. This gives purpose to the simulator, it’s not going to be this personal and isolated mode any more. Nice to know how it works from now 👍🏼

[@voju]

Thank you for the great overview. While I see myself as a pretty hardcore simmer this will be great for the times when I cant decide what to do :). Looking forward to trying it out myself.

[@djpauldc]

Im so excited for this game. Been impatiently waiting for this.

[@MoltenmapG]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO WHERE IS HIS 100k subs PLUS HE DESERVES

[@Clumzo]

Im saving up for an Xbox X & MSFS 2024. Before 2024 was out, i was worried i would get bored or not have much to do after a while in msfs. That thought has been thrown out the window. Im mega exited to start my own career and have a great time.

[@gageb556]

Free on cloud gaming with game pass

[@louissivo9660]

Great overview of this new mode, looks fantastic.

[@ChernoBueno]

What a great video man

[@alanharmon5341]

Haven't played this game before great review very helpful cant wait to start just subed 👍

[@jonessmith9478]

I think I’m going to get the commercial license and then just do a flight whenever I have time. It’s so cool that it’s synced with real flight times in career mode that’s going to be awesome.

[@TormodSteinsholt]

I look forward to this grind.

[@MsTheCops]

Thanks Bud ...this is perfect. I have over 2700 hours into FS 2020 ...done most of the "things" there are to do ...& it became pointless. Always fun ...often challenging ...but pointless. This career thing gives us a goal to work towards ...& more structured flying ...I'll be making the purchase ASAP.

[@danokerr9929]

I love how they have some sort of neo fly on this now. Neo fly was so fun. It’s so awesome how much they are adding to the game

[@BluGames]

Yea very similiar to neofly

[@danokerr9929]

@@BluGames probably a little easier to get used to lol

[@TattedUPLidd]

That remote cargo op video is everything x 💯

[@luxiwow2615]

Career Mode Vatsim is gonna be amazing I bet

[@uscg1381]

Good review. Good info. Thank you!

[@br3xa836]

Oh my, they listened to the players. That’s huge.

[@Kadesh86]

it just sounds so cool! The only thing that would ruin this is if you cannot use 3rd party aircraft, like the FENIX or PMDG

[@underleft]

I would bet money that you won't be able to use third party aircraft in career mode.

[@Kadesh86]

@@underleft I do think you are right, sadly

[@BluGames]

Yes you can use 3rd party aircraft in career mode but im not sure how this will work

[@nathanrorke2221]

That looks amazing I’ll be playing that for sure

[@seibstershots9527]

So, I can just live in the game…..

[@WhatMyUsername]

Finally. I’m glad there’s a campaign, or rather, a career mode. Give you some kind of objective to work towards.

[@TheReck12]

Surprisingly in depth pretty interesting

[@boismi]

Very informative content on MSFS 2024, Blu-G. Preordered Aviation Edition; excited for November 19th. ✈️

[@sam3d]

Ive used MS flight sim 95 when i got my first coputer in 1998, then got all the sunsequent versions, im surprised it took them almost 30 years to include a career mode, this here is a game changer, or should i say, a sim changer!

[@alexlaza5301]

Wow, this is much more than what I had expected! Can't wait to get my hands on it. I'd like to know how third-party planes and scenery will be integrated into the career mode. (If at all)

[@toddbeaver8277]

I have waited my whole life for this and at 51 it’s finally happening

[@jasonbrown6113]

The Reputation thing seems to be broken. It seems to move up and down without any relation to what I do. For instance I just aced a mission where I had to fly around and film a tornado, got into the S rating so I couldn't do much better and I had no pilot performance issues but when the mission was over my Reputation dropped from a high B to a low C.

[@StreamingDesk]

known bug, whait for 3rd of December it will be fixed

[@BelligerentBurgers]

NGL, I had Air Hauler. I love the Grind :)

[@TheBrotherKane]

This is great. Should be fun.

[@that_puffsley_guy]

I really hope the whole career mode being locked to single player is a limitation thing and we get the option to do multiplayer missions down the road It would be really cool to get a group together to fulfill all the roles doing something like aerial firefighting or crop dusting

[@u2b891]

For career mode imagine being able to manage your own airline and you get to design the livery and as you progress buy better and more planes for your fleet and be able to fly your airline’s routes!

[@Estraying]

I’m excited for the career. Loving the progression, it’s kind of like a guideline to the real thing. Plus, I suppose the FENIX A320 etc will become a compatible aircraft for the career once the simulator is fully released

[@bkulber1]

WOW! This career mode has exceeded my expectations.

[@TravelingChad]

I hope they open up the career mode to modders, like with NeoFly, for example. It would be great if modders were able to integrate their work directly into the sim’s UI and create custom cutscenes. I really enjoy the realism those elements bring. For instance, when you deliver to a location, you either pick up from that airport or depart without a payload to another destination. However, starting at a small airport outside of Denver and being able to take a job all the way in Florida feels immersion-breaking for me. I’ll definitely still give it a try since it’s a step in the right direction, as long as it doesn’t take away from the core simulation aspect. In my opinion, the sim should offer both: a detailed aircraft career mode and a detailed flight sim.

[@SlankeyDawg]

this basically replaces A Pilot's Life this is AWESOME

[@vins8819]

Hi ! I have a very important question to ask: Okay, you can buy your own plane(s) when you have your own company, but... In career mode, can you fly like in freeroam with YOUR plane instead of just “fast traveling” to another airport to generate a mission? Example: My main airport is in London. Can I literally walk out of HQ and take my plane into my hangar and fly between London and Paris, and only then change my “main” airport to Paris without paying “fast travel”? Another example: can I take off my personal plane from my main airport and land it somewhere in the middle of the fields for a walk in fps mode? All in a career mod, of course ? In short, can I fly freely without launching a mission in the career mod? Or does the career mod allow you to fly the planes you've bought only on missions ?

[@michawencel9184]

What about doing that missions on Vatsim? for example commercial flights? I have few more important question? Do you have any news about weather API? - It will work with third party aircrafts? Aircrafts like PMDG or Fenix? - It will be easy to run on MSFS 2024? I was using APL chapter 2 for simulating pilot life. - I think i will stick with that.

[@vstaritz]

My only worry with this system (as long as the scripting works properly) is that depending on where you decide to work it might make it significantly more time consuming to progress. You can get into a similar situation in NeoFLY where if you don't pick somewhere in Western Europe or North America you end up in a airport desert and every task is now a whole hour away as opposed to 30 or so minutes. Hopefully the bush missions especially with rotorcrafts will compensate for that and make remote regions more attractive.

[@swavezmartin]

Excellent Video bro thank u

[@beardedlonewolf7695]

God I'm so excited for the career mode! What would also be nice is to make our own livery for our company.

[@kastaji80]

MSFS 2024 pls take my moneyy, btw Great video !!

[@BluGames]

Thanks alot

[@mrwilson4909]

are there in-flight emergencies such as engine fire? loss of controls? landing gear issues? medical emergencies?

[@prohorizon3815]

It's cool that there's alot to do in the career mode. I'd imagine if we go with working for a commercial airline and are able to do some irl routes that we could do them over and over? (Like I'd love to be able to do a LAX-LAS or HNL-OGG flight multiple times)

[@thomasthedankengine1624]

This is gonna be so dope. I gotta buy myself a joystick and throttle it looks like

[@Mjelsik]

Can we select a different aircraft to go through training with? I'd love to see the DA-40NG.

[@regardtcoetzee]

Love to come home and do my tailwheel endorsement on FS after doing tailwheel training the whole day long😅. The new career mode is awesome though!

[@fredericoeusebio9770]

Wow... i was never a flight sim guy... tho i love ace combat that is waaay more arcady than sim... but im thinking about buying this.....

[@tameemplayz5554]

Wait so can I have like firefighting and the airliner job I can do both?

[@gary-ju5ox]

I would like to know that too. I want to be able to fly fixed wing agricultural and helicopter too.

[@richard--s]

I want a relaxed mode, not a work-mode in the after work hours, so the single player career mode is good for me. And I would fly often in the sim without any obligations and without the career mode just to enjoy flying and enjoy the surroundings... But for people who want to have a fixed time in your free time when you meet up virtually and do a project together, sure, they could add this too. But not as a must for each and every flight, not as a must for a single player career mode. And a single or multi player career mode should not be required in the future just to fly in the sim.

[@perpetualomega]

RIP Neofly.

[@bkulber1]

Hahaha! Exactly what I was thinking. I would like to thank them for their service though, they helped fill a void.

[@mike-ij9lv]

Less then 24 hours till game time I can not wait for this one career mode is insanely cool

[@towely]

This is actually hella dope. Will buy day one

[@spike238]

Wondering if an SDK for 3rd party developers ? , offer custom missions ? , (FedEx Cargo)

[@blastofo]

I'd like to see commercial jet flights. Can you see and hear the passengers in the cabin? Do they scream if you start flying crazy?

[@richnick1911]

I feel the grind is more rewarding than just give it to me.

[@jimsaunders8395]

MATE PLEASE HELP ME , NO ONE ELSE HAS , I CANT GET PASSED THE SEE BRIEFING PART , AND WHERE IT SHOWS THE BLUE GOING ROUND TO SHOW YOUR ROUTE , HONESTLY , IVE TRIED EVERY BUTTON , MANY THANKS

[@imScottIronmonger]

This looks sooo awesome!! 😍😍 imScott 🤓🤓

[@aritztg]

It is incredible, a great step and evolution in the saga. Sounds quite hard to say "it is a shame" only because of the lack of multiplayer missions.

[@RoninTheBlackFox]

Co-op career would be AMAZING.

[@thrillvilled111]

Awesome! It would be cool if they brought back the FSX missions and have them remastered for this simulator.

[@andrewfrazee]

the left eye on your selected avatar is something of nightmares

[@GT1GT]

MSFS2020 owner here. Now im convinced, I am buying 2024 right now just because of career mode, Damn it, was going to wait.

[@chicagorandy]

1st step will be trying this new version in Game Pass to see if my poor desktop can even run the sim. I meet 'Recommended' in 2020 which looks like it won't even meet Minimum in 2024. No interest in Career mode but it's great they are offering it to those who want that challenge.

[@minnesotarailfan11]

It would be really cool to see you do the agro spraying missions.

[@BluGames]

I will!

[@minnesotarailfan11]

@@BluGames appreciate it, that’s all I see around my area so I’m really glad to have it in a game.

[@elpiloto100]

if Career Mode support multiplayer, that would be cool for a fire fighting mission, with a bird dog directing and several water bombers fighting a fire.

[@AbstractHexagon]

So if I don't change the oil, will the engine randomly malfunction? 🤯

[@Pecomica]

I am very interested in the career mode, but I have a question. Does the game remember your location and the usage of the aircraft between sessions? For example I fly out of airport A with 50% fuel and after arriving at airport B using up 35% fuel I complete the mission and log out of the game. next time I play is the aircraft at airport B with only 15% fuel or does it reset? I know you mentioned that if you run you own company you have to be mindful of wear and tear, but you also said you can do missions all over the world so how does that work? Do you borrow an airplane at the location to do the mission, even if you have your own company or are your plane magically transferred to the mission location even if you if isn't anywhere near where your base of operations is?

[@danielvanhove238]

You MUST start career mode at KSEZ. Dont froget.

[@MikeJw-je4xk]

I'm definitely going the airline transport pilot career. Wondering how many hours it'll take me to get that far. Fun times though.

[@vanisyn2495]

Will I be able to save my game mid flight and then come back and finish it later? Would be nice for long distance commercial flights.

[@FluffyDuckYT]

Is ATC better?

[@rexjaneway186]

I think they spent the resources adding stupid things like first person walking mode...😢. Career mode we already had with apps like neofly but nowadays Microsoft seems more interested on selling this to Xbox crowd...

[@helios6379]

I don't know, it almost seems too good to be true! I'm so STOKED and can't wait for later today!